1884 MLB Strikeouts by Team

The Boston Reds led all of MLB in strikeouts in 1884, with 753, 11 ahead of the Boston Beaneaters. The average across 33 MLB teams is 449.6.

#	Team	League	G	SO
1	Boston Reds	UA	109	753
2	Boston Beaneaters	NL	116	742
3	Washington Nationals	UA	112	684
4	Chicago/Pittsburgh (Union League)	UA	92	679
5	Providence Grays	NL	114	639
6	Baltimore Orioles	AA	108	635
7	Baltimore Monumentals	UA	105	628
7	New York Metropolitans	AA	112	628
9	New York Gothams	NL	116	567
10	St. Louis Maroons	UA	113	550
11	Buffalo Bisons	NL	114	534
12	Philadelphia Athletics	AA	108	530
13	Columbus Buckeyes	AA	110	526
14	Cincinnati Outlaw Reds	UA	103	503
15	Toledo Blue Stockings	AA	109	501
16	Detroit Wolverines	NL	114	488
17	Cleveland Blues	NL	113	482
18	Indianapolis Hoosiers	AA	110	479
19	St. Louis Browns	AA	110	477
20	Chicago White Stockings	NL	112	472
21	Louisville Eclipse	AA	110	470
	MLB average			449.6
22	Philadelphia Quakers	NL	113	411
23	Brooklyn Atlantics	AA	109	378
24	Pittsburg Alleghenys	AA	110	338
25	Kansas City Cowboys	UA	82	334
26	Philadelphia Keystones	UA	67	310
27	Cincinnati Red Stockings	AA	112	308
28	Washington Nationals	AA	63	235
29	Richmond Virginians	AA	45	167
30	Milwaukee Brewers	UA	12	139
31	Wilmington Quicksteps	UA	17	113
32	Altoona Mountain City	UA	25	93
33	St. Paul White Caps	UA	9	44

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.